Good Housekeeping Family First Aid or After Breast Cancer

Good Housekeeping Family First Aid

Author: Andy Jagoda

From the most trusted magazine in America, comes a must-have first-aid encyclopedia.
No one likes to think about it, but every family faces medical emergencies sometimes. Be prepared to handle them with the help of Good Housekeeping, America’s most trusted magazine. Refreshingly free of jargon, this newly revised and fully cross-referenced handbook covers first-aid topics in a format that makes it easy to find what you need, quickly. The outstanding features include color bars that highlight specific sections for swift access and dozens of ways to prevent injuries and illness. Invaluable information on administering first aid shows you how to: assess the scene and the victim; apply CPR; use automated external defibrillators; and more. An A to Z listing of ailments ranges from abdominal pain and allergic reactions to vomiting and zipper injuries. New to the guide: safety preparation for terrorist attacks; instructions regarding contagious diseases; and how to accident-proof your home.

Table of Contents:

	Applying First Aid	1
	Being Prepared	1
	Home First Aid Kit	2
	Take First Aid Training	3
	When is it an Emergency?	3
	Recognizing Major Injuries	3
	Recognizing Major Illnesses	4
	Getting Emergency Help	5
	Emergency Medical Services (EMS)	5
	Poison Control Centers	6
	How to Apply First Aid	8
	Assess the Scene	8
	Assess the Victim	9
	CPR Techniques	12
	Automated External Defibrillators	21
	The Heimlich Maneuver	23
	Precautions and Guidelines for the Rescuer	24
	Don't Become a Victim! Preventing Injury to the Rescuer	24
	What You Should Know About Good Samaritan Laws	26
	A to Z Listings of First Aid Topics	27
	Abdominal Pain	27
	Alcohol Abuse	29
	Allergic Reactions	31
	Altitude Sickness (Mountain Sickness)	33
	Asthma Attack	35
	Bites	38
	Bleeding--External	38
	Bleeding--Internal	41
	Blisters	42
	Bloody Stool	43
	Bloody Urine	45
	Bloody Vomit	46
	Breathing Emergencies	47
	Broken Bones	50
	Burns	54
	Carbon Monoxide and Other Toxic Fumes	55
	Cat, Dog, and Other Animal Bites	56
	Chemical Burns	58
	Chest Pain	60
	Child Abuse	60
	Childbirth (Emergency Delivery)	62
	Choking	67
	Cold Exposure	73
	Cuts (Lacerations)	74
	Dehydrations	77
	Dental Pain and Injuries	78
	Diabetic Emergencies	81
	Dislocations	83
	Drowning	84
	Earache and Ear Injury	88
	Electrical Burns	90
	Eye Problems of Sudden Change in Vision	92
	Fainting	95
	Fever	96
	Food Poisoning	98
	Foreign Objects in the Eye, Ear, Nose, or Throat	99
	Frostbite	102
	Genital Injury	104
	Hand Injuries	106
	Head Injury	107
	Headache and Head Pain	109
	Heart Attack	111
	Heat Exhaustion	112
	Heatstroke	113
	High Blood Pressure	114
	Hyperventilation	116
	Hypothermia	117
	Insect Stings	118
	Marine Animal Bites and Stings	121
	Muscle Injury	124
	Nose Injury	125
	Nosebleed	126
	Pelvic Pain	128
	Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac	129
	Poisoning and Drug Overdose	131
	Puncture Wounds	133
	Rabies	136
	Scorpion Stings	137
	Seizure	139
	Severed Limb	141
	Sexual Assault and Sexual Abuse	143
	Shock	146
	Smoke Inhalation	148
	Snake Bites	149
	Spider Bites	152
	Spinal Injury	154
	Strains and Sprains	157
	Stroke	159
	Suicidal Threats or Behavior	160
	Sunburn	161
	Tetanus	163
	Thermal Burns	164
	Tick Bites	166
	Unconsciousness	168
	Vaginal Bleeding	169
	Vomiting	170
	Zipper Injury	172
	Playing it Safe	173
	Playing it Safe at Home	173
	Carbon Monoxide and Radon: Silent Killers	173
	Childproofing Your Home	176
	Safety for the Elderly	180
	Fireproofing Your Home	181
	Preventing Poisonings	186
	Room-By-Room Safety	191
	Safety Around the House and in the Garden	195
	Playing it Safe Away from Home	199
	Safety Preparation Before Traveling	199
	Automobile Safety	201
	Recreational Safety	207
	Sports Injuries	215
	Safety in the Workplace	218
	Violent Weather	218
	Playing it Safe in the World	222
	Safety Preparation for Terrorist Attacks	222
	Reducing Your Risk of Communicable Disease	230
	Resources	237
	Index	260

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After Breast Cancer: A Common-Sense Guide to Life after Treatment

Author: Hester Hill Schnipper

As women quickly discover, their life when treatment ends is very different from what it was before their diagnosis. Often exhausted, anxious, and emotionally volatile, they are beset by physical discomforts, fearful of intimacy, afraid for their children, worried about recurrence. Anticipating a return to “normalcy,” they discover that the old version of normal no longer applies.

There could be no more knowledgeable guide for women embarking on this complicated journey than Hester Hill Schnipper, who is herself both an experienced oncology social worker and a breast cancer survivor. This comprehensive handbook provides jargon-free information on the wide range of practical issues women face as they navigate the journey back to health, including:

•Managing physical problems such as fatigue, hot flashes, and aches and pains

•Handling relationships: your children, your partner, your parents, your friends.

•How to regain emotional and sexual intimacy

•Coping with financial and workplace issues

•Genetic testing: why, whether, when

•How to move beyond the fear of recurrence

•And much more

This indispensable book will help you rediscover your capacity for joy as you move forward into the future—as a survivor.